WIN Labor News 12/01/06

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* Workers Sue Daimler-Chrysler, UAW Over Two-Tier Wage Hires
* EPA Workers Call On Congress For Serious Action On Global Warming
* Locked Out AK Steel Workers Return To Bargaining Table
* Economic Report: More People Going To Prison In The U.S.

WIN Labor News 11/30/06

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* UAW Has No Immediate Comment On 38,000 Workers Leaving Ford
* USW Slams J.P. Morgan Analysis of Goodyear Strike Impact
* Internet Helps Spark Solidarity For Purdue Hunger Strike
* Economic Report: New Home Sales, Median Prices Both Down

WIN Labor News 11/29/06

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* Philadelphia Newspaper Guild Braces For Possible Strike Midnight Thursday
* Northwest Airlines Flight Attendants Union Tries To Reverse No-Strike Order
* Economic Report: Hunger On The Rise In New York City

Labor News 11/28/06

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* Purdue Student Anti-Sweatshop Hunger Strike Enters 11th Day
* Upcoming AFL-CIO Summit To Focus On Organizing Strategies
* Wal-Mart Posts Sales Decline As Economy Slows

Labor News Nov. 27, 2006

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* What is the future of immigration reform?
* Toll booth workers file suit against Mass Pike board
* Democrats plan to throw out S. America trade pacts over labor concerns

Labor News November 24, 2006

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*UAW Adds Hundred of Members At Delphi
*AFL-CIO Renews Solidarity Charters For Change To Win Unions
*Union Activists Hold Days of Action At Starbucks
*Thousands of S. Korean Workers Strike To Protest Free Trade Agreement With U.S.
*Teamsters Want Investigation Reopened In Murder Of Organizer
*Economic Report: Top Schools Flunking University Diversity

Labor News Headlines November 23, 2006

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* Thousands of Alcoa Workers Face Layoffs In Plant Closings
* Postal Worker Negotiations Will Resume November 27th
* UAW GM Workers Get Bonuses As Delphi Wage Standoff Continues
* Labor Gets Small Foothold In India's IT Industry
* Economic Report: Jobs Created In 2006 Not Enough For New Workers

Labor News November 22, 2006

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* Houston Janitors Celebrate Approval of Contract
* Big-City Support For Legally Mandated Paid Sick Days Grows
* Steelworkers Question Safety of Goodyear Scab Tires In Ad Campaign
* Official Tally - Hoffa Wins Teamsters President With 65 Percent of The Vote
* Economic Report: White House Agrees Economy Is Slowing

Labor News November 21, 2006

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* SEIU Reaches Agreement In Houston Janitors Strike
* From Houston - Witness Describes Police Excessive Force Against Janitors
* Smithfield Workers Back For Now As Undocumented Get More Time
* Economic Report: Economy Slowing, Growth 0f 2.5 Percent Forecast for '07

Labor News November 20, 2006

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* Houston janitors injured by mounted police
* Talks between Goodyear and striking workers collapse
* Janitors at LAX may strike over Thanksgiving

Labor News November 17, 2006

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* Fed Up With Conditions, Smithfield Workers Walk Off The Job
* Minimum Wage Hike Will Go to $7.25 Over 26 Months
* Purdue Students Stage Anti-Sweatshop Sit-In

Labor News November 16, 2006

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* AFL-CIO Mobilizes Labor Movement To Support Steelworkers In Goodyear Strike
* Labor Wins One On Trade Deals
* Fed-Up, Angry Working People Transformed Congress

WIN Labor News Headlines 11/15/06

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* UAW Wins Court Victory For Card-Check Organizing Agreements
* NY Taxi Workers Alliance May Become Part Of NYC Labor Council
* Striking Houston Janitors Protest Chevron
* Teamster Flight Attendants Ratify Agreement At Comair
* Economic Report: Absenteeism On The Job Is Higher In 2006

Labor News, November 14, 2006

Headlines:

* USW Returns To Table With Goodyear As Strike To Keep Jobs In U.S. Continues
* NBA Players Association May File Unfair Labor Practice Charges Over Fouls
* Ironworkers Unioon Provides Videophones For U.S. Troops In War Zones
* Korean Unions To Stage General Strike Against Trade Agreement With U.S.

Labor News, Nov. 13, 2006

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* Another bankruptcy hearing looms for Delphi
* More arrests as Houston janitors continue strike
* Daughter of two workers killed in BP blast receives settlement

WIN Labor News Headlines 11/10/09

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*Labor Will Be Looking For Quick Action From New Congress
*Minimum Wage Increase Could See Congressional Action Even Before January
*Fed-Ex Loses Bid To Block Teamsters Election In Massachusetts
*Economic Report: India, Land of Outsourced Jobs, May Face Skilled Labor
Shortage

WIN Labor Headlines November 9, 2006

Headlines:

*AFL-CIO President John Sweeney: It Was A Great Victory For America's Working
Families
*AFSCME's Gerald McEntee Says Labor Will Hold Politicians Accountable
*Worker Says Hard Work Paid Off, Middle Class Now Has A Voice
*Change To Win: Labor Will Make Sure Politicians Work To Restore American Dream

WIN Labor News Headlines

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*AFL-CIO Saw Evidence of Organized Voter Suppression
*Slave Labor Products From Latin America Used By Major Corporations
*Oaxaca Struggle Continues In Wake Of Several Civilian Deaths

WIN Labor News Headlines

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*Labor's Working 'Til Polls Close To Change America
*State Minimum Wage Increase Votes Expected To Pass
*Economic Report: Worker Absenteeism High, Companies Tighten Policies

Labor News November 6, 2006

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* Striking Goodyear workers encouraged to vote for working family candidates
* Striking janitors block Houston traffic
* Concerns over voter suppression in Arizona
* Economic Report: High paying factory jobs continue to be replaced by low paying service industry jobs

Labor News Headlines - 11/03/06

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*Change To Win Head Feels "Positive Charge" In Electoral Air
*Labor's Minimum Wage Campaigns Are Energizing Voters
*Teamsters, Community Coalition Win Fight For Michigan Kroger Jobs
*Economic Report: Economy Weakens As GDP Growth Slows, Jobless Claims Rise

Labor News Headlines - 11/02/06

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*SEIU Political Action Aims For Accountability, Not A Labor Party
*AFL-CIO, Change To Win Both Ramping Up Labor's Political Effort In Final Days
*USW, Sierra Club Unite For "Road To Energy Independence Tour"
*Teamsters Vote To Strike Kroger Regional Distribution Center

Labor News Nov. 1, 2006

Headlines:

* WIN Special Report From Cleveland: Working America's Elections Effort For A Working Family Friendly Government